Voltaire – This Ships Going Down (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Verse 1]
Am E7 A gargantuan hole in the bow, will the ocean to enter allow Am Dm E7 Am Oh but more a sin than letting it in it's letting our good fortune out Am E The nest to the storm did succumb, while the crow hid his fear in the rum Am Dm E7 Am And the mast, it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum Am E7 Love letters from under his bed, holds the cabin boy over his head Am Dm E7 Am A futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet Am E7 They were penned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact Am Dm E Am She'll conclude he's horribly rude 'cause he's sure as hell not writing back
[Chorus]
N.C. Dm Am 'Cause this ship's going down E7 All on account of the weather Am Though we'll drown Dm There's no need to frown E7 Am 'Cause we're all going together Dm Am And I won't say "Woe is me" E7 As I disappear into the sea Am Dm 'Cause I'm in good company E7 Am As we're all going together
[Verse 2]
Am E7 I've had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine Am Dm E7 Am Is the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine Am E7 For my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can Am Dm E7 Am Oh well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man
[Chorus]
N.C. Dm Am 'Cause this ship's going down E7 All on account of the weather Am Though we'll drown Dm There's no need to frown E7 Am 'Cause we're all going together Dm Am And I won't say "Woe is me" E7 As I disappear into the sea Am Dm 'Cause I'm in good company E7 Am As we're all going together
[Verse 3]
Am E7 I was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye Am Dm E7 Am Seaman Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye Am E7 At the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word Am Dm E7 Am So a fishgig I, lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard
[Chorus]
N.C. Dm Am 'Cause this ship's going down E7 All on account of the weather Am Though we'll drown Dm There's no need to frown E7 Am 'Cause we're all going together Dm Am And I won't say "Woe is me" E7 As I disappear into the sea
Oh hell!
Am* Dm* 'Cause you've all been so good to me E7* Am So we're all going together
* = strum once